Baby&#39;s jingle-bell piano



July 6 1926. 1,591,847

A. M. LAY

BABYS JINGLE BELL PIANO l Filed 'May e, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l Il L/l i Il l July 6 1926.

l\. ha. LJ\Y BABYS JINGLE BELL PIANO Filed May 6, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gnou/Hofe ANNA lVI. LAY, OF LO'USVLLE, KENTUCKY.

BABYS 'JNGLE-BELL PIANO.

Application filed May 6,

rPhe invention relates to musical toys and provides an article embodying key levers, musical elements adapted to be sounded when the key levers are operated and plates bearing pictorial or other matter' to be displayed and in cooperative relation with the key levers to be actuated thereby and in turn to act as counterweights to insure a quick ret-urn of the levers to normal position. f

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nat-ure of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodir-f ment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be' resorted to w'thout departing" from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure l is a front view of a toy piano embodying the invention, the dotted lines showing` two of the keys depressed and the plates associated therewithy elevated,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the toy,

' Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view,

Figure A is a view similar to Figure 3, showing' the key depressed and the coacting plate elevated.

Figure 5 is a sectional detail on the line .55 of Figure 3, and

Figure 6 is a detail view of one of the plates.

Corresponding and like parte are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The toy comprises accese l having' an e1;- tension front 2 similar to `the case lof a piano so as to receive the projecting ends of key levers 3 which are mounted upon a rod t and spaced apart by interposed wash- 1924. Serial No. 711,417.

ers 5. A slot (i is provided in the rear pore tion of the top of the case and admits of the projection of plate 7 therethrough. A plate l is provided for each of the keys 3 and is loosely connected to the rear end of the key so as to move therewith and these plates may be of any suitable material and may operate as counterweig'hts for the key levers to insure a quick return thereof to normal position. That portion of the plate which is adapted to project beyond the top of the case when the key is depressed may bear a picture or be provided with any desired matter to be displayed either to afford am sement, instruction or both, Pins 8 are shown as the preferred connecting means between the plates 7 and thekey levers 3.

A musicalelement 9 is positioned to be operated by each of the keys 3 and, as

shown, the same consists of an ordinary sleigh bell which is mounted upon a wire 10 held under tension by a spring' l1, and when the key 3 is depressed, the musical element is sounded and the plate 7 is simultaneously projected, and when the key is released it is quickly returned to normal position by the weight of the plate. It is to be understood that the case and the keys may be finished in any preferred way. andv that the keys may be of contrasting or anv preferred color.7 thereby enabling' a schild to learn and distinguish the various colors.

A musical toy con'qn'isingg' a case, keys pivoted within the case. a support-ing' element located within the case above rear portions of the keys, a spring' holding` the supporting element under tension. andlbells mounted upon the supporting' element and adapted to be struck by the keys on the actuation of the latter.

ln testimony whereof l aiii; my signature.

ANNA M. LAY. 

